Helping the Enemy The secular world has laws about giving aid and comfort to the enemy and anyone who does do that faces imprisonment, fines or both along with being branded a traitor to one's country.  These laws are contradictory to what Jesus says we should do and we find His instruction in Mat. 5:43-48, and a blurb will be quoted here: "...if you love those who love you, what reward will you get?Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you only greet your brothers, what are ye doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? The instruction is quite clear that we must do more than what the secular world is doing and that means we help those who hates us or want to do harm to our families, which means applying all of God's teaching and letting the secular world experience God through you. Recently, North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb and they have been labeled as the enemy of many nations yet are all the people of north korea the enemy of the rest of the world? No. In following Christ's teaching in the above passage, a believer would start to proay for them and God would show the believer who in North Korea is the true enemy and provide the correct feelings towards those who are innocent of the rhetoric and actionsof those who do hate the rest of the world. In praying for the enemy, the believer will see how they are to act towards these people and see that their good works will go a long ways in changing the lives and hopefully leading many to salvation through Christ.  But such opportunities are lost if the believer follows the laws and instructionsof the secular governments for then those who are innocent of hate and lethal acts are deprived of experiencing the love of Jesus and have no alternative in which to choose to escape their sinful chains. There is a long article in the Korea Herald (a Korean English Newspaper) depiciting the trials and struggles of those North Koreans who are fortunate enough to escape the clutches of the communistic country.  This story (The Unfinished Journey of N.K. Refugees) provides direction for believers in knowing what they must do to obey Jesus' teaching quoted above.  These people need prayers but they also need believers to get involved, using compassion, caring, love to help them adjust from the communistic lifestyle to the democratic.  They also need help in learning how to make the proper decisions for themselves as they have never been taught or allowed to use that ability. Here are the titles of two good books to give one interested in the plight of the North Koreans and what is taking place in that closed country: 1. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin;  2.The Aquariums of Pyongyang by kang Chol-hwan & Pierre Rigoulot. Both are informative and allows the reader glimpses into the marxist society known as North Korea. Remember, believers in Christ are to obey God rather than man and n helping the enemy, doing good to them is helping your country.  making a friend, removes one more enemy they have to face.